IMPORTANT FEOM THE UPPER THAMES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 47, 26 February 1869, Page 2

IMPORTANT FEOM THE UPPER THAMES.

ALLEGED TREASONABLE OVERTURES TO THB HAUHAUS. The special reporter of theThames Advertiser has furnished that journal with an account of the discovery of some treasonable negotiations having been carried on between the Hauhaus and a portion of the miners at Ohiuemuri, in consequence of which all' Europeans not actual settlers have been ordered off by him. The evidence on which Mr Mackay has acted is not given. The rumors that are current are thus stated by the Thames Advertiser : 'It is said that certain persons connected with an organisation have pointed out to the Hauhaus that they are a different peoplefromthe rest ofthe English nation, and have a hatred to the English throne; as a proof of which they instanced the fact that it was one of them who shot the Queen's son in Australia. They have also, it is said, sent up money to the King. They requested that an alliance should be formed between them and the Hauhaus, and that thereupon only such persons as they authorised should be allowed to dig, while on the other hand, they would assist the Hauhaus in keeping out all other Europeans. These are the statements made and it is evident from the phrases used in Mr Mackay's speech to the diggers at Mr Thorpe's on Sunday, and from the terms of the proclamation issued that he credits them and has acted upon them. On Sunday Mr Mackay came .down to Mr Thorpe's, when the following proclamation wa3 posted up : — 'Notice — Miners and others who afe at present encamped at Belmont and otber places in the neighborhood of Ohinemuri, and who are not actual settlers in that district, are hereby informed that in consequence of treasonable overtures made by certain Europeans to Hauhau natives and others the Queen's enemies, it has become necessary for the safety and peace of the colony, that such miners and other persons should at once remove from the Ohinemuri district. I hereby request all such miners and others to leave the Ohinemuri district on or before the evening . t oi Tuesday, the 9th day of February, 1889. If the p.s. Clyde arrives to-day she will make two trips from Belmont to Shortland, and convey the persons herein alluded to to the latter place, free of charge. All miners and other persons found encamped or mining within the Ohinemuri district on and after Wednesday, the 10th day of February, 1869j will be ejected therefrom.— James Mackay, jun., Civil Commisioner, Resident Magistrate. Chined muri, Bth February, 1869.' A number of the miners subsequently assembled at Belmont, where Mr Mackay addressed them. He said that although the opening of Ohinemuri had been . in a good position, still it had been put back by the action of persons interfering with the Government — not persons interfering merely in the way of getting leases, but persons who had actually made treasonable overtures to the natives. . It becamp therefore imperative to prevent further transactions of the kind. It was necessary, that all Europeans should leave the distriet 'for the present. He had.no doubt of the

*__■—■— — i ■— — ■ ■——_—■ 1 ■_ rg _ ■— — i — — — mawaa — ■-———■——» "treasonable iiature of the movements which had been made, and the leaders of It were known. They might rest assured 'of this, that some day they would find themselves in the hands of the law when they least expected it, and, if so, they Would find it to fall heavy upon them. Most of the men prepared to go at Once : readily enough, but some parties having started out to the mountains to prospect, Mr Rice aod four oi* five native policemen have gone out to fetch them back.

Professor Parker, 'the swordsman, was charged at the Waugaratta Police Court, on the llth ult., with having used disgusting language on the stage of the Royal Victoria Hotel, on the proceeding Friday evening. It appeared that when *tho audience expected the defendant to do some dexterous feats of arms, he came on the stage drunk, with a cigar in his hand, and said he must be excused ' from per--forming as the stage was too small for the introduction of his sword feats. Strong disapproval had been expressed at this an_io_ncement. He afterwards behaved in a most extraordinary manner, and made use of^the language complained of. in connection with Mr Winterbottom's name. He was fined £3 3s with the alternative of "seven days' imprisonment.— -Melbourne -Leader.